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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

The strangeSt freak of all in the fash
ions of grief has been the wearing OF
mourning jewe!ry;" to demonstrate our
lncoGsolablc lot by pertinent reference
10 it in orr adDnmcnt, is surely paradox
zeal | saw the other day a ''mournine
ring very int -es-ing in its quaint friv-
olity; slender circlet OF god held an
obl0ng disk of white c4amelcd SIN. ace.
on which was depict d the tomb, the
weepinT willow and the Wis ting relative
lin this ca 4 widow, all neatly PLACED
under glass. 1t was an Ol !, Old ring. be
longing TO Il CT, ut grandmother, who
wore it for her first husbands memoir:
although as She survived two more il may
have done tender IN mortal service for
all three. The process which converts
the golden curl, the brown tr2SS. or gray
hair of our lost one into hair jewelry, y
IS among the curiOSities of sentiment Is
1t not cruel TO wear portion of our dead
fer ornament. SUgy the wiry strand.
repellant and rigid, was never the soft
hair about the ''Oid familiar faces
remember seeing some mothers hair
woven into the design of anchors for car
rings, which the daughters were seeming
to derive comfort from the light tossing
of this emblem of security, and no doubt /
finding some occult satisfactory reason !
for the incongruity of design and fact. (
In our youth there clustered about us all. /
maiden aunts wearing chains a1d brace |
lets OF hair the stiffness seeming t. ty- /
pity an unyielding sorrow, aud 4 cir .
quantity that the departed" mus. have
been Simpsons. Then there were the
brooches with the bullying scrpeutine
twists Of hair forming frame for the /
pictured face Of TIE origin i p2ssessor of
the harlan uncertain appeal to frame,
as the eXigencies Of a brooch sometimes
subjected 'he he d to til, vicissitude of .
being worn upside down, thus marring /
the at of would-be respectful memory. |
-.yelcelry Netrs.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18
\ Woman of business

Catherine Hawkins says in the New
York -NaH and Express: A lady who is
the editor Of two periodicals devoted to
art and decorative matters said to herself
some months agH, and then to the pro
prietOr Of thos. papers: There are hun
dreds and hundreds Of people who would
like to ha"c Their wall plpccs, their car
pets and their CURTAIN boIght for them
from New York stores, where they can
have the advantage OF selecting, bv
proxy, from large asso tm"nts." Sha
WAS sure this was true because her paD,rs.
received 50 many letters as King fOradvicc
about such things The proprietor.
agreed with he. and ut her suggestion
Il supply department was organized in
connection with the papers, the entire
charge Of which was put into her hands
No special pains have been taken to adj
vertisc it, but it has steadily grown and
prosPered until now this enterprising
woman finds herself almost buried under
its increasing claims | asked her the
other day where her orders mostly came
from:
''From all over the country" she re-
piled. II have a good many from New
York city itse.f, from people who are
readers OF our papers, or who Know OF
them, and who feel more confidence in
the judgement of some one connected
with them than in their own. But the
ma ,ority of the orders, Of course come
from people who live in other cities end
in small towns. And our customers 1--we
iii all parts of the country-North, East,
South and West
"What do you buy for them, and do
you furnished whole houses or Just huy
detached things.'
Il buy everything wall paper, furmi-
ture, carpets curtains, rugs, everything
that goes towards the artistic furnishing
Of house, and in whatever quantity is
desired, whether it Is the entire furnish
ing Of whole house or curtain for q
single window, Not infrequently ! ct
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18
Fashion NGICS.

The poplin drapery is stylish for light
weight wooden costumes.
Mauve and while striped alpaca is one
OF the new dress materials
Feather stitch is a favorite finish fol
lingerie for the neck and sleeves.
The sash is al inevitable accom-
paniment TO almost any costume.
Bright blue vies with bright red in the
favor of young people this season.
Brilliant cOlocs are everywhere seen in
iii all sorts and conl tons OF warirobeS
TIL waist of contrasting color j. still
stylish and will contine to be during the
season.
Gauze turbanS with an aigrette on the
side are the stylish headgear of Eng ISL
fashion.
! Large po&es of SHRED null, white o.:
cJlo-ed. ar worn by girls from three TO
/ fourteen.
Canary yellow is seen in combination
! with Il golden brown and is very stylish
and elegant.
Gird,c; of silver are in Moorish designs
and are heavy and cumbersome but very
fashionable.
The preference for figures and stripes
is shown in many of the new ribbons for
trimming hats and dresses.
White, tan color and yellow are the
favorite colors for hat trimmings for lit
tie girls-from six to ten years.
There is a fancy now for trimming
wedding dresses with gold or silver net,
lace or beads, arranged with flounces OF
white lace.
Yellow is favorite color for bride
maids dresses. 1t usually appears in
skirts. bOdices and sashes of watered silk.
with lace or Russian net dresses.
Round hats of rough straw are some /
times trimmed with Madras handkcr .
chief which is knotted t la Creole, with /.
corners standing upright in front.
Many blouse waists with yokeS are
seen upon the summer dresses. The yokes /.
are pointed back and front and some
times there is an extra point on each T.
shoulder.
Velvet skirts are worn with soft and /.
silky fabrics, and are usually of more /
than one color in the stripes, which to be /,
stylish should run around, and not from /
up to down.
Old rose with light green is very Styl- /
ISL in head gear, and there are many diff +.
ferent ways Of combining these colors /
which are really harmonious, and again
some are very gaudY.
In some of the new straw bonnets the
straw is not plated at all, but the onter
surface, dyed in subdued tones of color,
is carried over the foundation of the bon
net in various unique devices.
Bonnets composed of fine white horse
hair, known to our grandmotherS a.
'Neapolitan,' are once more in vogue,
and will no doubt meet with much favor,
rs they are light and very dainty in ap-
I,t-1rIIcp
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

Will Hayes, the popular song writer,
who ranks second only to Stephen Foster
in that line, is Louisville newspaper
man. lie tells an amusing story about
his first poem, written when he was of
the vcally age of sixteen, and addressed
to young lady whose charms had deeply
smitten him II sent it to the Louisville
7imes," he says, land the editor told me
it would be printed. Then | followed it
up, and hung around the office by day
and watched it solicitously by night for
three days. Then the poem appeared in
print, with my name TO it. | read it over
and over again and again, until my eyes
ached and my head swan with ecstasy.
! saw fame and fortune in those lines
until the girls brother, who was Older
than !. met me on the street and licked
me for writing the verses to his sister.
TO make it worse he told it about town
that it wasn't for writing them to his
sister, but because the poetry was so
bad" Since then some three millions OF
Wits poems have been sold.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18
Less Food Needed in Summer

Growth and waste and repair go on in
a nearly uniform way the whole wear
through, but the amount of food neces-
sary for these operations or purposes is
surprisingly small. The generation of
bodily heat requires a more variable
quantity of food In winter, with the
temperature of the external air at zero,
the temperature of the blood in healthy
persons is 9S.3 degrees; and when the
heats of summer drive the mercury of the
thermometer near to or above that mark.
the blood still registers 99.3 degrees.
The marvellous mechanism by which this
uniform blood temperature is maintained
at all seasons it is not necessary to con-
slider, but it must be evident to every
one that the force needed to raise the
temp nature of the whole body to nearly
100 degrees in winter is no longer needed
in summer The total amount of food
needed for repair, for growth, and for
heating, physiology teaches us, is much
less than is generally imagined, and it
impTe ;SeS us with the truth of the great
surgeon Abernethy's saying, that cone
fourth of what we eat keeps us. the other
threefourths we keep at the peril of our
lives" In winter we burn up the sur
plus food with limited amount of ex-
ira eXertion. In summer we get rid of
it literally at some extra risk to health
and, of course, to life. We cannot burn
up Our vital furnaces are banked, and
we worry the most important working
organs with the extra eXertiOn of re
moving what had better never | av' been
taken into the stomach -~FHih0 ieLtti0
IedQsr
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

Here is an item for the lovers of the
marvellous: "a young woman not long
ago was married to a soldier stationed at
Fort Union, New Mexico. After the
marriage he returned to his post and She
resumed her duties rs a domestic in =
Denver family. A few nights ago. while
sitting in the kitchen, she heard several
distinct laps upon the window. Look
ing mp she saw the face Of her husband
She ran to the door, opened it, and. call
ing. found no one on the outside Tbnr
She tainted. Soon after She received n
telegram saying that her husband had
died at Union just about the hour when
she saw his face Mt the window
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

Clothing has never before been so cheal
nc if is in this country at present. A com
plcte suit, coat, vest and trousers, stylish
" cut. neatly made and of materials
which look well, whether they will weal
well OF no.. may be purchased for > },
and some advertisers offer them for hall
dollar less. To argue that the goods are
rot Of the finest quality is absurd; fol
what can you expect for 50. These
cheap suits are made up, not IN STOP 'N"P
or the top rooms Of tenement houses
the reader might suppose, but IN the
country. The farmers wives and da1gh.
tcrs of New Jersey and Long Island turn
Them o,t ut So much dozen during the
winter months, aId ar now ready t.
welcome the Summer Gcardcrs whc wear
them. Mr. York lF0It,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18
The Thinnipo OF Fruits

Perhaps no other horticultural opera
ton has been so much written about, or
has been so e!Oquently advocated at the
meetings, as that of thinning of traits,
by which we mean the removal of a
portion of the crop that sets, that the
portion OF the crop that remains by hay
ing double rat.Ons plant food, may be
larger and better; yet in spite of all this
expenditure of ink and cloquence, how
little is there to show for it! Who thins
fruit upon any large scale? 1t can be
shown by figures, that the one way to make
fruit growing pay is to sell 90 ID fruit at
large prices, and that the one way TO have
good fruit, is 70 throw away one half or
two-thirds of it while it IS still vounp.
This may be done before the flowers have
bloomed, by the operation of disbudding.
This rarely removes enough and as soon
rs the fruit has set large share is re
moved. If it appears that too much still
remains, the number may be reduced
when it is half grown, and still more, if
need be, just as ripening is about begin
ming. SO with grapes, certain number
of clusters OF which is apportioned to the
age and strength OF the vine. Oh course
precision like this is not looked for in
market culture, but an approximation to
1T may be ttten1Pteti7-brt- noti1inr be
carried beyond the point of profit Ii 4
fruit grower be DESTROYS of testing the
matter, let him select two trees of the
same kind, peach, pear, apple, and a so
two grape vines of each kind he proposes
to grow, at the same age. etc. Allow
one of each kind to go in the usual way,
and with the other, thin out from one
half to two-thirds of the fruit from the
tree soon after it has set fairly. If when
half grown, itapfears that more thinning
will be profitable, do it, keeping an
accurate account of the cost of doing it.
With vines, left to themselves, each shoot
usually bears three clusters. sometimes
more, they leaving two clusters and
also one, on each shoot, AMI also in
pinching the cane back to three, two or
one leaf beyond the bunch or punches.
1t is expected that the increased value of
the fruit, the price at which it is sold,
will leave handsome profit. -1meyicaa
1grtculturjd.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

Clara Belle says in one of her New
York letters: l sometimes question il
the sewing machine has been as great Il
boon to women as i popularity supposed.
Those women who get their living by
sewing earned Just as much in the old
time, for they got $ for making Il
chesnisc that took Il couple of days to
build where nov the women rattle OF
ten OF them fer ten cents piece There
is no question but the eXertion of running
a sewing machine long enough to make
ten shirts does greater harm thln the old
time confinement necessary to make one
by hand. But the great evil wrought by
this labor saving invention is the
abandonment of the pleasant industry
making ones own underclothes gave to
women. No gil will sit down and. by
IL lding one little stitch to another, CON
struct a garment that she can 90 forth
and buy at a smaller outlay than the
material would cost.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

The Saxon mother is careful not to
leave her child alone until it has been
baptized, for fear OF the malignant
spirits, who may steal it away leaving an
uncouth elf ii its place. Whenever a
child grows up clumsy and heavy, with
large head, wide mouth, stump nose and
crooked legs. the gosSips are ready to
swear that it has been changed in the
cradle, more especially if it prove awk-
ward and sow in learning TO speak To
guard against such an accident, it is
recommended to mothers obliged To leave
their infants alone to place beneath the
pillow either a prayer-bOOk, 4 broom,
loaf of bread, or a knife stuck point up
ward. 4: 3 In some places the
christening procession returning to the
house Of the parents finds the door
closed. After knocking for some time in
vain voice from within summons the
godfather t. name seven bald men ont
Of the parish. When this has been
answered a further question is asked as to
tie gospel read in church, and only on
receiving the answer: LET the little
children come to me-" is the door flung
open, saying: Come in; YOU have
hardened attentively TO the words of the
Lord" The godparents next inquiring:
'Where slall we put the child!' receive
the following answer:
On the bunker let it lie
That it may jump like flea;
Put it next upon the hearth,
Heavy gold it will be worth:
On the floor then let il sleep.
That it once may help to sweep:
On the table in dish.
1t viii grow there like fish.
After holding it successively on each
Of these places it is finally put back into
the cradle, while the guests prepare to en-
Joy the Tauf Schmaus, or christening
banquet. Each person is expected to
bring small contribution in the share Of
eggs, bacon, fruit or cakes, and the god
parents do not fail to come each laden
with bottle of good wine, besides some
other small gift for the child. The ban
q'get Isl noisy and merry one, and many
are the games and Jokes practiced on
these occasions. The Sp;esstanz. OF spit
dance, is also usual on these occasions.
Two roasting splits are laid on the ground
crOsswise, rs in the sword dance, and the
movements executed much in the same
manner. Sometimes it is the GRANDPA
Their Of the born infant who opens
the performance, proud of displaying his
agility as he sings:
Purple plum 50 sweet,
zee MY uimble feet
How 1 jumpand Sliie,
How hop and glide;
See how well | dance
Sc how well prance
Purple plum 50 sweet
See my nimOIe feet
-Bh,cI,co0d /
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Biting off Threads.

Many ladies use their artificial teeth as
substitutes for scissors, and such use OF
them soon renders repair necessary,
When told that they should not bite
threads with them, they are surprised.
But they should be taught not to use
even their natural teeth for such pur-
poses. But few think that in biting off
a thread the entire muscular force of the
Jaws in use is concentrated into the small
space measured by the diameter of a
thread. Besides, thread after thread is
applied to the same place on the teeth,
and thus the enamel is soon broken there.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

for this purpose the annual plants, which
grow quickly, arc better than grass.
They yield large product to the acre,
and may be changed from one year to
another. And these annual forage crops
must be IA considerable dependence also
for the Winter feeding as cured fodder.
-Ne}o York Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITER AZURE FOR
FEMININE READERS


In the commercial floral business the
Enrce Of women have been many.
FROM personal observation and dealings,
the writer has no hes;tancy in saying
that when male florist is brought in
Close com peTitjon with female one, the
latter will, in nine cases out of ten, be II
oil the palm. Among flowers she is in
her cement; her love for the beautiful
and artistic will enable her to arrange
the pants and flowers in unique and at
trae:iye designs, VIII ch are entirely be
You'd tie ingenuity of the average male
tlori t; buyers OF plants and flowers are
not slow to recognize the superior results
and choose aceordingjy---I Mug
H.iae
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

! met II freckle village boy.
Who loitered by the way
II is hat was off, his brickdust curls
With balny winds did play.
Oh, whittier Loild, arehea led Loy.
Beeeath this blazing sky
81 IN going home-bUt have to wait
Until my hair is dry -
D1tFou Free P.c,s
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18
I)OubIy Left.

Once, doub1y in love, | wavered between
The two sweetest gjr.s that know,
And only these faults in the pair could lie
seen:
A little too lively and quick was Pauline,
While Jane was little too slow
But alas! their behavior no harmony Kept,
" hen legged them, by turns, to he mine
In spite of the way that pleaded and Wept,
Pauline was unfeelingly slow to accept,
Jane cruelty quick Ia decline.
It'd Bits,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

EVERY acton, every thought every
feeling, contributes to the education OF
the temper, the habits, and understand
il g, and exercises an inevitable il
fuence upon all the is Of our future
life.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

DR.. WALToN's CURE FOR PILES is guaran-
teed to cure the worst case. of piles. Price %
cents. At druggists, or mailed [stamps taken
by the
WALTON REMEDY Co., CLEVELAND ONO.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

A hangman who wished to conceal his voca-
ton said he was travelling for a susrendcr com
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

Use the great specific for cold in the head
and catarrh-Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18
Piles Cured for 20 Cents.

How TO make u Maltese Cross BY
topping on its tall.-Judye.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

Shakespeare was not broker; but does any
one know who e'se has furnished so many
stock quotations
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18
AGRICULTURAL.
- I'D INTEREST RELATIVE
~ FIRM AND GARDEN,


7. seeding of Grain.
thno ~ often happens that strips of land
,niough grain fields are accidentally left
unseeded and the mistake is not djscoy-
i TttI until IN the grain is up In most cases
r rra.ie IS gained by trying to seed after the
r ,,;tl crop is above the surface, especially
" WIN spring grain, which natures 50
q az =; after sowing. The entire width
ora, a orlll for ashort space will at harvest
s eiMe scarcely z noticed, as the grain on
eilner side wig eread so that the tops
nearly cover vacant space Usually
if the st to-, has been from the grain
StIeing out, soae tubes will run most of
the the way acroa the fed, and these will
l helP fill up, often suggesting that far less
seeu Is required for good crop than is
generally generally sappSel. A failure of grass or
t tL seedlings really a worse evil than
ene loss OF ship of gram, and if there
are many bad faults in the grass seeding
II were bstterf7 pillow al up and try it
again. For where clover and grass fail
TO catch the vacancies will certainly be
filled with weeds.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

A New Yorker has invented vacuum, but
the authorities in Washington refuse to grant
him a atent on it. They say it is a bareiaced
infringement on a dudes head.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

Asked a fair damsel of a crusty old bachelor
double YOU o man. But a woman feels worth
little if disease has invaded her system and is
daily sapping her strength. For all female
Weaknesses DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescrip-
ton" stands unrivaled. 1t cures the complaint
and builds up the SYSTEM. Send 10 cents IN
stamps for pamphlet to Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 663 Main Street, Buffalo,
NY.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

Il souse," is the refrigeratin2 expression of
the Summer bather.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

Ifaffiicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac ThOmp
sons Eye water. DRUGGISTS sell at 25c per bottle
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18
Dyspepsia

BRONCHITIS is cureo by frequent small
Aoses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

FoR SPECIAL r TIES for advertising this paper
apply to the publisher Of the paper. U32
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

'RoYAL GLUE mends anything! Broken
China, Glass, Wood. Free Walls at Drugs Gro
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

Positively Popular; Provoke Praise; Prove
Priceless; Peculiarly Prompt; Perceptibly Pc
tent; Producing Permanent Profit; Precluding
Pimples and Pistules; Promoting Purity and
Peace. Purchase. Price, Petty. Pharmacists
Patronizing Pierce Procure Plenty.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18

dyspepsia
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heartburn, sour stomach, mental depression ETC.
are caused by this very common and increasing dis
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sick headache clears the mind and cures the most
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81 have been troubled with dyspepsia had but
little appetite, and what did eat distressed me- OF
did me little good. In an hour after eating would
experience a faintness tired, all gone feeling
Hoods Sarsaparilla did me an immense amount OF
good. 1t gave me appetite, and my food relished
and satisfied the craving had previously expert
enced It relieved me of that faint, tired, allgone
feeling. &c. A. PAGE, Watertown, Mass
Hoods SarSapaYilla
Sold by all druggists. 81 six for s.. Prepared only
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100 Doses One Dollar